Come Sail Away

Petra and Feli wear dresses from Naughty Mess Vintage, collars from the Drake General Store, shoes from 69 Vintage, and American Apparel socks.

Thanks to Anna, Fox, Jacqueline, Feli, Aurora, Allegra, Kim, Jacob, Ikoro, Sean, Blaze, and Chloe for modeling, and Chloe Wise for styling. Special thanks to Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, the Drake General Store, and 69 Vintage.

Aurora wears Zara dress and sweater from 69 Vintage. Fox and Jacob wear their own suits.

Anna wears dress from Nasty Gal, pins from the Drake General Store, and glasses from 69 Vintage.

Jacqueline wears Rodarte for Target dress and gloves from 69 Vintage. Feli wears dress and sweater from 69 Vintage and jewelry from the Drake General Store.

I never went to my prom. Although it wasn’t really a prom. It wasn’t such a big a deal at my school and it was still called a ‘Leavers ball’ and not a prom. Your photos and having re-watched Virgin Suicides recently, makes me wish we had a proper one and that I had gone though.

Wow. The models portray emotions so well (kudos to you all, especially the one with smeared mascara! wow.), the atmosphere! it’s like we were there. Picture 30 makes me happy.
THIS IS WONDER.
(If only we could buy prints or stickers… Though I guess I can make those myself for personal use, but I’d put my money there if I had any.)

I love these. The really brought me back to high school and how when you’re young you’re like whatever about being young and everything that’s happening but when you grow up you swear that high school was awesome. Not in a bad way, but it shows the boredom and the underwhelming effect everything has when you’re young. It was a really beautiful set of pictures. Thanks so much!

AH! I’m crying tears of joy at how lovely and perfect this is! Thank you so much for putting a couple in your shoot that is: non-straight AND non-white. I literally can’t think of when I’ve ever seen such representation mixed with the pretty prom-y nostalgia we all love. Thank you thank you thank you!

I love the entire editorial and the clothes! The whole things reminds me of Courtney Love in “Miss World”, the cover album of Live Through This with a little bit of Carrie (for the cheerleader uniforms).

Somehow, I’ve been in LOVE with the lace Peter Pan collar dress from Nasty Gal. Is it new or vintage?

I don’t know what it is about the rusty old bathrooms or tacky glass bowls of what seems to be puffed cheetos, but my heart is aching to be in these photos. I love the outfits and Petra’s hair and all the fancy gloves and suckers… ohh my lovely

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